Written Answers Monday 10 September 2007

Scottish Executive

Child Welfare

Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was provided to agencies in Dumfries and Galloway by the Executive for services for looked-after children in 2006-07 and how much will be provided in 2007-08.

Adam Ingram: The Scottish Government provides general financial support for Scotland’s local authorities’ core services, including looked after children, but it is the responsibility of each individual local authority to allocate its total resources, including collected council tax, on the basis of local needs and priorities. If a council decides to allocate some of its resources to agencies on its behalf then that is its responsibility. In 2006-07 Dumfries and Galloway local authority received support for core services amounting to £251 million. This figure has been increased to £262.5million in 2007-08.

  In addition specific funding allocated for looked after children initiatives to Dumfries and Galloway local authority are:

  Educational attainment pilots: 2006-07 £96,850; 2007-08 £152,500

  Residential care grant: 2006-07 £17,465; 2007-08 £8,254

  Fostering Funding Improvement: 2006-07 £189,200; 2007-08 £94,600

  One-off capital grant for foster carers and kinship carers: 2006-07 £47,893

  One-off training grant to support foster carers and kinship carers: 2007-08 £128,000.

Dentistry

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-102 by Shona Robison on 7 June 2007, what progress has been made in implementing the commitment to open a dental school in Aberdeen by October 2008.

Shona Robison: Officials have already met with a number of stakeholders to progress our commitment to seek to open a third dental school by expanding the Aberdeen Dental Institute. In addition, NHS Grampian is currently preparing a full business case for approval.

Dentistry

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-102 by Shona Robison on 7 June 2007, whether it will publish the conclusions of the work undertaken by it on options for delivering on the commitment to open a dental school in Aberdeen by October 2008.

Shona Robison: Our commitment is to open a third dental school by expanding the Aberdeen Dental Institute. NHS Grampian is currently preparing a full business case to deliver such an expansion to the Institute.

Dentistry

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-102 by Shona Robison on 7 June 2007, what discussions it has had with the University of Aberdeen and the dental schools in Dundee and Glasgow about implementation of its commitment to open a dental school in Aberdeen by October 2008.

Shona Robison: Officials, including the Chief Dental Officer, have had discussions with the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Aberdeen University, the Dental Dean at Dundee School and the head of the dental school in Glasgow.

Dentistry

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-102 by Shona Robison on 7 June 2007, whether it has discussed its commitment to open a dental school in Aberdeen with (a) NHS Education for Scotland and (b) the Scottish Funding Council and what conclusions any such discussions have reached.

Shona Robison: Yes. Officials have had constructive discussions with both organisations and will have more detailed discussions in due course.

Education

Karen Whitefield (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to reduce bureaucracy and any over-assessment within the education system.

Maureen Watt: This government recognises that, over a number of years, some teachers and parents have expressed concern about the level of pressure which they feel that staff and pupils are under to provide performance information and measures of attainment for accountability purposes.

  As part of our wider priority to streamline and reduce bureaucracy and the focus on outcomes, we are looking at the development of outcome agreements with local authorities.

  We recognise there is some concern that over-assessment, especially in upper secondary schools, can sometimes distort the focus of teaching towards the narrow requirements of passing tests and exams rather than effective learning. We believe that assessment should support learning rather than act as a barrier. In taking forward the Curriculum for Excellence, we are committed to determining appropriate levels of assessment for all stages of education from 3 to 18.

Education

Elizabeth Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of trials by Perth and Kinross Council on visual stimulus modification and educational attainment.

Maureen Watt: The Scottish Government has not made an assessment of the trials by Perth and Kinross Council on visual stimulus modification and educational attainment as this was a local project funded by the council.

Education

Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Scottish Qualifications Authority has charged across Scotland for exam presentations in each year since the establishment of the Parliament.

Maureen Watt: This is a matter for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). While ministers approve the SQA’s annual budget and its related proposals for the percentage increase to charges, information on the actual amount charged by SQA for each qualification is not held by the Scottish Government.

Education

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that all school pupils are taught the millennium development goals as part of the school curriculum.

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what priority is given in the school curriculum to ensuring that all school pupils are taught about international development, including the work of charitable organisations such as Oxfam.

Maureen Watt: The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that all young people develop a knowledge and understanding of the world and Scotland’s place in it and that they are provided with a Scottish world view. We are working in partnership with Learning and Teaching Scotland, the British Council and the Department for International Development to ensure that international education is embedded within the school curriculum. This includes global citizenship issues such as the millennium development goals and development education, but also other issues such as a knowledge of the European Union, sustainable development and modern foreign languages.

  We are also working with a range of bodies active in international education including the International Development Education Association Scotland (IDEAS) who have a large membership including Oxfam and Save the Children.

Efficient Government

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-79 by John Swinney on 5 June 2007, what additional information can be provided about the practical implications of ministers’ ambitions for simpler, smaller government.

John Swinney: As I announced on 24 May 2007, we intend to achieve a simpler, smaller Government in Scotland through de-cluttering and simplifying the public service landscape. We have already reduced the number of Government Departments and Scottish ministers. We are taking forward our Manifesto Commitments in this area. The development of an outcome approach for local government together with clarity about the role of agencies and non-departmental public bodies will also be crucial elements of our approach. We will provide Parliament with further details later this year on the detailed implications of our approach.

Efficient Government

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-79 by John Swinney on 5 June 2007, whether baseline information will be provided and clear quantifiable targets set to allow effective parliamentary scrutiny of performance in achieving ministers’ ambitions for simpler, smaller government.

John Swinney: We will establish a baseline against which progress can be measured. Our ambition for a simpler, smaller government is not only about numbers, but about removing unnecessary duplication and establishing structures that can support and drive the delivery of joined-up strategic outcomes. We are taking a strategic look across the delivery landscape of Scottish public services to consider what structures will best address the challenges and meet our strategic objectives.

Employment

Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to improve employability in Glasgow.

Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what further measures it intends to take to improve employability in Glasgow.

Fiona Hyslop: On 5 September 2007, Glasgow Works, the employability partnership in the city, launched its Workforce Plus/DWP City Strategy Business Plan, which is supported by Scottish Government funding. This ambitious plan to increase the city’s employment rate and reduce the numbers dependent on DWP benefits will be implemented across the city over the coming four years. Scottish Government officials will continue to work with and support the partnership throughout implementation.

Finance

Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all the initiatives involving additional expenditure that it has announced in Session 3 of the Parliament, showing the projected costs of each for the next three years.

John Swinney: The Scottish Government will publish in year changes to spending programmes in the usual fashion in the autumn and spring budget revisions. This will include the costs of policy announcements with spending implications. The consequences of such announcements will also be set out in the Strategic Spending Review.

Health

Jamie Hepburn (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have been diagnosed in each year since 1990, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) local authority area.

Shona Robison: The information requested is not available centrally.

  National estimates can be given, based on the number of patients seen in general practices participating in Practice Team Information, for the proportion of the population who consult each year and the number of patients seen at least once during a given year for ADHD (including attention deficit disorder):

  

Year
Number of People Consulting Per 100,000 Population Per Year
Estimated Number of Patients who Consulted at Least Once


2003-04
26.1
1,400


2004-05
29.6
1,600


2005-06
25.2
1,350



  Notes: Estimated numbers of patients are rounded to the nearest 50.

Health

Jamie Hepburn (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence is of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, broken down by socio-economic group.

Shona Robison: The information requested is not available centrally.

  National estimates can be given, based on the number of patients seen in general practices participating in Practice Team Information, for the proportion of the population who consult and the number of patients seen at least once during a given year for ADHD (including attention deficit disorder), in the year ending 31 March 2006:

  

Deprivation Category (SIMD)
Number of People Consulting Per 100,000 Population Per Year
Estimated Number of Patients who Consulted at Least Once


1 (least deprived)
13.1
150


2
17.3
200


3
32.2
350


4
26.2
300


5 (most deprived)
36.9
400


Scotland
25.2
1,350



  Note: Estimated numbers of patients are rounded to the nearest 50. Total figures may not add up to the sum of the parts due to rounding.

  ADHD, and also ADD, is relatively rare and therefore not many patients are recorded within PTI with these conditions and further subdivision of a relatively rare condition into even smaller numbers and the resulting estimates must be treated as approximate.

  The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is used here as a proxy for socio-economic group.

Health

Jamie Hepburn (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what studies into the causes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have been undertaken.

Shona Robison: The National Research Register (NRR), a UK-wide research database, records that there are currently 35 projects on-going in the UK on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), of which five are on the causes. The NRR also lists 200 completed projects on ADHD, of which 11 were researching the causes.

  Details of these projects are available from the NRR, which is available at www.nrr.nhs.uk.

Lifelong Learning

Christina McKelvie (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when the Skills Strategy for Scotland will be published.

Fiona Hyslop: I am pleased to announce that the Skills Strategy for Scotland is being published today. A key principle of our strategy is developing coherent and cohesive structures for skills development and delivery. As an initial step we are merging learndirect scotland with Careers Scotland to form the nucleus of a body focused on skills. Skills for Scotland will be available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43481).

National Health Service

Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the reported savings of £22 million arising from the decision not to relocate 300 NHS jobs to Glasgow will be spent in Glasgow.

Nicola Sturgeon: The £22 million which would have been required for the relocation will be invested in front line services and in tackling health inequalities in the NHS in Scotland, including those in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

National Health Service

Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline where the reported savings of £22 million arising from the decision not to relocate NHS jobs to Glasgow will be spent.

Nicola Sturgeon: The £22 million which would have been required for the relocation will be invested in front line services and in tackling health inequalities in the NHS in Scotland.

National Health Service

Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will receive an increase of £22 million to its budget as a consequence of the decision not to relocate 300 jobs to Glasgow and, if so, when this budget increase will take place.

Nicola Sturgeon: The £22 million which would have been required for the relocation will be invested in front line services and in tackling health inequalities throughout the whole of the NHS in Scotland, including those in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Pre-School Education

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many more pre-school places will be needed to meet its pledges on extended pre-school provision.

Adam Ingram: The manifesto commitment to deliver additional pre-school education relates to the level of entitlement rather than the number of places. The first step of an increase for all nursery provision to 475 hours is not based on the creation of any new places. Options for implementing the commitment in full are being developed and impact on capacity in the sector will be carefully considered.

Teachers

Bill Kidd (Glasgow) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to ensure that there are enough jobs for probationary teachers when they qualify.

Maureen Watt: The Scottish Government carries out an annual teacher workforce, whose aim is to broadly balance the supply of, and demand for, teachers. This year we have provided local authorities with £9 million of supplementary funding to enable them to employ an additional 300 teachers in primary and pre-school from this August. This additional funding will allow us to make an early start to meeting our early years and class size commitments in P1 to P3.

Wildlife

Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many poisoned baits and dead birds have been found since May 1999, showing (a) the species involved, (b) when each was found and (c) the location, including the name of the estate where appropriate, and the nearest town or village.

Michael Russell: During the period May 1999 to August 2007 a total of 217 incidents involving 455 wild birds to be tested for poisoning were submitted to the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency (SASA) and in which it was confirmed that poison had been the cause of death. A further 168 baits were also submitted for testing and confirmed as having been laced with an illegal poison. Not all cases were the result of deliberate illegal activity and the following table gives details by reference to the following headings:

  Approved use of the product, according to the specified conditions for use;

  Misuse of a product, by careless, accidental or wilful failure to adhere to the correct practice;

  Abuse of a pesticide, in the form of deliberate, illegal attempts to poison animals;

  Unspecified use where the cause could not be assigned to one of the above categories, and

  Veterinary use where veterinary products are involved in incidents.

  These are investigated incidentally rather than deliberately. Veterinary incidents may include abuse, misuse, approved use or unspecified use of the compounds.

  

Year
Birds
Baits
Abuse
Misuse
Unspecified Use
Approved Use
Veterinary Use


1999
16
6
6
0
4
0
0


2000
95
17
21
0
9
0
0


2001
78
9
23
0
3
1
0


2002
29
14
21
0
4
0
0


2003
76
15
24
0
2
0
1


2004
55
32
19
0
6
0
1


2005
26
10
16
1
3
0
1


2006
50
32
34
0
5
0
0


2007
30
33
21
0
0
1
3


total
455
168
185
1
36
2
6



  The following table details the number of birds involved in each confirmed illegal abuse incident; the location and region of the incident; the month and year it occurred, and the species or bait involved.

  

Incident Date
No. and Species Involved
No. and Type of Bait
Location
Region


May 1999
1 buzzard
-
Braco
Tayside


June 1999
1 golden eagle and a golden eagle chick
2 red grouse carcases
near Drumochter
Highland


July 1999
1 golden eagle
-
Perth
Tayside


July 1999
1 buzzard
 
near Aberlour
Grampian


October 1999
4 buzzards (2 buzzards analysed)
-
Forfar
Tayside


October 1999
1 raven
-
Rogart
Highland


January 2000
2 buzzards and 1 tawny owl
-
Between New Deer and Maud
Grampian


February 2000
1 red kite
-
Easter Ross
Highland


February 2000
6 buzzards and 1 crow
1 pigeon
Near Milnatrot
Tayside


February 2000
2 buzzards and 1 tawny owl
2 pheasants and 1 pigeon
Castle Douglas
Dumfries and Galloway


May 1999
1 buzzard
-
Easter Ross
Highland


March 2000
1 golden eagle
-
West Gleen Lednock
Tayside


March 2000
1 golden eagle
-
Sutherland
Highland


April 2000
1 buzzard
1 pheasant
Fala
Lothian


June 2000
~37 gulls (2 examined)
-
Breasclete, Lewis
Western Isles


May 2000
1 red kite
-
Black Isle
Highland


June 2000
1 golden eagle
-
Black Corrie Burn
Highland


July 2000
12 starlings and 1 jackdaw (1 starling submitted)
-
Kelso
Borders


August 2000
-
50-100 egg baits (12 submitted)
 
Grampian


August 2000
1 red kite
-
Near Gorsten, Garve
Highland


August 2000
-
1 rabbit bait
Durisdeer
Dumfries and Galloway


September 2000
1 red kite
-
Evanton
Highland


October 2000
1 buzzard
-
Doune
Central


November 2000
4 buzzards
-
Perth
Tayside


October 2000
2 buzzards
2 rabbit baits
Braemar
Grampian


February 1998(rec’d November 2000)
2 buzzards
-
 
Grampian


December 2000
4 buzzards
1 deer
Fourdoun, Laurencekirk
Grampian


February 2001
1 red kite
-
Torbreck
Highland


March 2001
1 buzzard
-
Near Aberfeldy
Tayside


April 2001
1 red kite
-
West Drip, Stirling
Central


April 2001
1 red kite and 1 crow
-
Scaniport, Inverness
Highland


April 2001
1 red kite and 1 buzzard
5 pigeons, 2 hares, 1 rabbit and 1 grouse
Scaniport, Inverness
Highland


April 2001
1 red kite
-
Braco
Tayside


May 2001
1 buzzard
-
Auchavan, Glenisla
Tayside


May 2001
1 buzzard
-
Heriot
Borders


June 2001
several magpies, starlings, pigeons and crows (1 magpie submitted)
-
Giffnock, Glasgow
Strathclyde


July 2001
1 red kite
-
Scaniport, Inverness
Highland


August 2001
-
several uncooked sausages
Carnwath
Strathclyde


August 2001
1 golden eagle
-
Nairn
Highland


September 2001
1 buzzard
-
Pitlochry
Tayside


September 2001
1 red kite
-
Stow
Borders


September 2001
2 pigeons
-
Croftfoot Road Glasgow
Strathclyde


September 2001
1 buzzard
-
 
Tayside


September 2001
1 red kite
-
Tomatin
Highland


July 2001
1 buzzard
-
Rotnesay
Strathclyde


October 2001
1 red kite
-
Castle Douglas
Dumfries and Galloway


November 2001
1 buzzard
-
Aberargie
Tayside


November 2001
1 red kite
-
Dumfries
Dumfries and Galloway


December 2001
1 buzzard
-
St Fillans
Tayside


December 2001
1 buzzard
-
Easter Cluny, Aberfeldy
Tayside


February 2002
2 buzzards
1 rabbit bait
Lecht Ski Centre
Grampian


February 2002
1 golden eagle
-
Oude Dam
Strathclyde


March 2002
1 crow
-
Aberargie
Tayside


March 2002
1 sparrow hawk
1 pheasant
Aberfeldy
Tayside


March 2002
1 buzzard and 3 rooks
-
Faibuie, Cromdale, Grantown-on-Spey
Highland


March 2002
1 buzzard
2 rabbit baits
Faibuie, Cromdale, Grantown-on-Spey
Highland


April 2002
1 duck
-
Methven
Tayside


April 2002
1 buzzard
1 rabbit bait
Aberfeldy
Tayside


April 2002
1 crow
2 rabbit baits
Aberfeldy
Tayside


April 2002
1 buzzard
-
Morton Woods
Dumfries and Galloway


April 2002
1 buzzard
-
Bin Quarry, Huntly
Grampian


May 2002
1 golden eagle
-
Laurencekirk
Grampian


April 2002
1 buzzard
-
Morton Woods
Dumfries and Galloway


May 2002
1 sea eagle
1 lamb
Kilmelford
Strathclyde


May 2002
1 sea eagle
-
Near Mallaig
Highland


May 2002
1 peregrine falcon
-
Bin Quarry, Huntly
Grampian


June 2002
-
1 egg bait
Soutra Hill
Lothian


July 2002
2 magpies
1 sandwich
East Kilbride
Strathclyde


July 2002
1 crow
3 pheasants
Turriff
Grampian


September 2002
1 buzzard
-
Woolfords, near Forth
Strathclyde


October 2002
-
1 sheep’s head
Ardmaddy
Strathclyde


January 2003
1 buzzard
-
Rothesay, Isle of Bute
Strathclyde


February 2003
1 sea eagle
-
Morar/ Bracara
Highland


March 2003
1 buzzard
-
Heriot
Borders


March 2003
1 red kite
-
Gargunnock
Central


March 2003
2 buzzards and 2 ravens
2 rabbit baits
Stranraer
Dumfries and Galloway


March 2003
3 buzzards (1 received)
-
 
Tayside


March 2003
2 red kites
-
 
Dumfries and Galloway


March 2003
~ 30 rooks (4 received)
1 pheasant
Alness
Highland


March 2003
1 red kite
-
 
Dumfries and Galloway


March 2003
1 buzzard
-
South Cassochie, near Methven
Tayside


March 2003
2 buzzards
-
Corsehope, Heriot
Borders


March 2003
2 sparrowhawks
2 wood pigeons
Laurieston
Dumfries and Galloway


April 2003
1 magpie and 2 buzzards
-
Kype Muir, Strathaven
Strathclyde


May 2003
2 buzzards
1 partridge
Dalwhinnie
Highland


May 2003
1 peregrine falcon
-
Strathaven
Strathclyde


May 2003
2 peregrine falcons
-
Findochty
Grampian


August 2003
-
6 pheasants
Kelso
Borders


September 2003
-
1 rabbit bait
Sanguhar
Dumfries and Galloway


September 2003
1 red kite
-
Sorn
Strathclyde


September 2003
3 red kites and 3 buzzards
-
Kirkpatrick Durham
Dumfries and Galloway


October 2003
1 buzzard
1 duck
Strichen
Grampian


November 2003
6 buzzards
-
Anstruther
Fife


November 2003
1 buzzard
-
Heriot
Borders


December 2003
1 red kite
-
South of Laurieston
Dumfries and Galloway


January 2004
1 red kite
-
Mossdale
Dumfries and Galloway


February 2004
2 buzzards
-
 
Borders


March 2004
1 crow
-
Mill of Argaty, Doune
Central


February 2004
1 buzzard
-
Nairn
Highland


March 2004
2 buzzards
4 rabbit baits
Glengoulandie
Tayside


March 2004
1 goshawk, 15 buzzards and 1 crow
3 rabbit and 11 pheasant baits
Peebles
Borders


March 2004
1 buzzard
-
 
Tayside


March 2004
5 buzzards and 1 crow
3 rabbit baits
 
Tayside


April 2004
1 red kite
-
Corsock
Dumfries and Galloway


April 2004
1 buzzard
-
Oxnam, Jedburgh
Borders


April 2004
1 buzzard
-
Fettercairn, Laurencekirk
Grampian


June 2004
1 buzzard
-
Dalwhinie
Highland


June 2004
2 buzzards and 1 crow
7 rabbit baits
Leadhills
Strathclyde


July 2004
2 juvenile peregrine falcons and 1 crow
1 pigeon
Longhaven Quarry
Grampian


September 2004
1 buzzard
-
Kelso
Borders


October 2004
1 buzzard
2 pigeons
Drumclog
Strathclyde


October 2004
1 buzzard
1 hare
Heriot
Borders


November 2004
1 peregrine falcon
-
West Fishwick
Borders


November 2004
1 red kite and 1 buzzard
-
Cromdale, Grantown-on-Spey
Highland


January 2005
1 red kite
-
Nairn
Highland


February 2005
-
1 rabbit bait
Leadhills
Strathclyde


February 2005
2 buzzards
-
Cromdale, Grantown-on-Spey
Highland


February 2005
2 buzzards
-
Bridge of Weir
Strathclyde


February 2005
1 buzzard
3 rabbit baits
Letham
Fife


March 2005
2 buzzards and 1 raven
-
 
Grampian


April 2005
1 buzzard
-
Abington
Strathclyde


May 2005
-
1 pigeon
Roscobie, Dunfermline
Fife


May 2005
1 red kite
-
Bonar Bridge
Highland


June 2005
-
2 rabbit baits
Leadhills
Strathclyde


June 2005
3 crows
-
Oxnam, Jedburgh
Borders


August 2005
2 buzzards
-
Blackhill Wood, Yetholm
Borders


August 2005
1 golden eagle
-
Morsgail, Isle of Lewis
Western Isles


October 2005
1 buzzard
1 rabbit bait
Kelso
Border


November 2005
1 buzzard
-
Leadhills
Strathclyde


December 2005
1 buzzard
1 raven
Heriot
Borders


January 2006
1 raven
-
Grantown-on-Spey
Highland


February 2006
3 buzzards (2 received)
1 pigeon
Leadhills
Strathclyde


February 2006
1 raven
-
Edgarhope Moor
Borders


February 2006
1 buzzard
-
near Lauder
Borders


February 2006
4 buzzards
3 hares
Carfrae, Lauder
Borders


March 2006
1 red kite and 1 raven
1 rabbit bait
Aberarder, Whitebridge
Highland


April 2006
2 buzzards and 1 crow
2 rabbit baits
Leadhills
Strathclyde


March 2006
-
1 pheasant
 
Tayside


April 2006
1 buzzard
-
Ordie Barn, near Stanley
Tayside


April 2006
1 buzzard and 1 tawny owl
-
near Glenogil
Tayside


March 2006
1 buzzard
-
Strathyre
Central


April 2006
1 red kite
-
Dingwall
Highland


April 2006
1 red kite
-
near Garthbeg
Highland


May 2006
1 raven
-
Grantown-on-Spey
Highland


May 2006
-
2 rabbits and 3 pheasant eggs
Leadhills
Strathclyde


May 2006
1 raven and 1 gull
1 egg
Strathdon
Grampian


May 2006
1 buzzard, 1 raven and 1 crow
1 rabbit bait
Aberarder, Whitebridge
Highland


May 2006
1 golden eagle
-
Ballater
Grampian


May 2006
-
1 rabbit bait
Forfar
Tayside


June 2006
-
1 pigeon
Forfar
Tayside


June 2006
1 golden eagle
-
 
Highland


June 2006
1 buzzard
3 rabbits and 1 pheasant egg
Leadhills
Strathclyde


June 2006
1 red kite
-
Dingwall
Highland


August 2006
-
6 pheasants
Lauder
Borders


June 2006
1 peregrine falcon
-
Rhynie
Grampian


September 2006
1 buzzard
-
Heriot
Borders


September 2006
1 buzzard
-
Abington, Leadhills
Strathclyde


September 2006
1 buzzard
1 rabbit
Leadhills
Strathclyde


September 2006
1 red kite
-
Muir of Ord
Highland


September 2006
2 buzzards
-
Leadhills
Strathclyde


September 2006
1 raven and 2 buzzards
3 rabbits and 1 egg
Leadhills
Strathclyde


October 2006
1 buzzard
-
Carcant, Heriot
Borders


October 2006
1 buzzard and 1 crow
-
Elgin
Grampian


November 2006
1 buzzard
-
Bowhill, Selkirk
Border


January 2007
1 red kite
-
Spittal of Glenshee
Tayside


March 2007
2 crows, 1 buzzard and 1 magpie
13 rabbits/hares
Greenlaw
Borders


March 2007
-
1 hare
near Garthbeg
Highland


April 2007
3 buzzards
10 hares
Greenlaw
Borders


April 2007
1 red kite
-
Nairn
Highland


April 2007
1 buzzard
-
Leadhills
Strathclyde


April 2007
1 buzzard
-
Greenlaw
Border


April 2007
1 red kite
-
Leadhills
Strathclyde


May 2007
1 peregrine falcon
1 pigeon
Earlshill Reservoir, near Stirling
Central


May 2007
-
2 hares
Greenlaw
Borders


May 2007
1 red kite
-
Tomintoul
Grampian


May 2007
1 red kite
-
Shores of Loch Ruthven, near Aberarder
Highland


May 2007
1 buzzard
-
Leadhills
Strathclyde


May 2007
1 peregrine falcon
-
Enterkine, Annbank
Strathclyde


May 2007
2 peregrine falcon chicks
-
Pitcaple Quarry
Grampian


June 2007
1 buzzard
2 hares and 3 rabbits
Cromdale
Highland


June 2007
1 buzzard
1 rabbit bait
Cromdale
Highland


June 2007
1 red kite
-
Little Glenshee
Tayside


July 2007
1 raven
-
Strathdon
Grampian


August 2007
1 red kite
-
Glen Turret
Tayside


August 2007
1 golden eagle
-
Peebles area
Borders

Young People

Jamie Hepburn (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of people aged 16 to 19 and not in education, employment or training by socio-economic group in each year since 1999.

Fiona Hyslop: The official sources for estimates of the number of people aged 16 to 19 not in employment, education or training are the Labour Force Survey and the Annual Population Survey. The table shows the estimates of the number of people aged 16 to 19 and not in employment, education or training by National Statistics Socio-economic Status (NS-SEC).

  As NS-SEC is primarily based on occupation the NS-SEC for people aged 16 to 19 and not in employment, education and training is based on their last main job.

  As these estimates are taken from sample surveys they are subject to a degree of error.

  Number of People Aged 16 to 19 Not in Employment, Education or Training by NS-SEC category

  

 
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006


Higher managerial and professional
**
**
**
**
**
**


Lower managerial and professional
**
**
**
**
**
**


Intermediate occupations
**
**
**
**
**
**


Small employers and own account workers
**
**
**
**
**
**


Lower supervisory and technical
**
**
**
**
**
**


Semi-routine occupations
9,000
**
6,000
4,200
5,200
5,800


Routine occupations
**
**
6,000
4,900
5,100
3,600


Never worked, unemployed, and nec.
21,000
22,000
20,000
23,600
23,200
20,300


All
38,000
35,000
35,000
34,600
36,400
31,800



  Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Quarters combined for 1998-2002. Annual Scottish LFS (ASLFS) for 2003. Annual Population Survey 2004 onwards

  Notes:

  1. Data for 1999-2003 are based on a seasonal year (March to February) whereas data for 2004 onwards are based on a calendar year (January to December).

  **Data are unreliable.